Wagner v. Maynard

This is an appeal from a decree sustaining a demurrer to the amended bill of the appellants, and, the appellants electing to stand by their amended bill, dismissing the original and amended bills for want of equity.

The appellants, Wagner and Baltes, contracted with one Anderson to build for him ten houses upon twenty lots of land, two of which lots were owned by the appellee, and commenced the construction thereof. Before any of the houses were completed the appellants discovered that Anderson was insolvent, and had no interest whatever in the lots. They thereupon interested one Denman in the…